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Ng, HH & M Kottelat, 2007. The identity of Tachysurus sinensis La Cepède, 1803, with the designation of a neotype (Teleostei: Bagridae) and notes on the identity of T. fulvidraco (Richardson, 1845). Electronic Journal of Ichthyology 3: 35–45.

Please update Cat-eLog accordingly.

Updated, whew!

Marc,

Have fun with the synonyms.

Jools

Hi,

I saw that the entries in Cat-eLog all have the genus spelled Trachysurus, while in the article it is Tachysurus, which is the correct spelling. Sorry to spoil your enthousiasm .

David

Deedeefish wrote:Hi,

I saw that the entries in Cat-eLog all have the genus spelled Trachysurus, while in the article it is Tachysurus, which is the correct spelling. Sorry to spoil your enthousiasm .

David

Oh, NO! I will fix that as soon as I am back in the house...

Jools

Deedeefish wrote: Sorry to spoil your enthousiasm

And another one: shouldn't the udates read Pseudobagrus...... instead of Tachysurus.......?
Anyway, you must enter the correct valid name as I am not allowed/can't do that while editing. I'll see to the synonyms after that has been done .

My misspelling of the generic name is now fixed. On the matter of the species updates, the way the thing works is that the page shows the latest information for a change - so it is working correctly.

Jools

Then pls tell me how to get around the problem that a fish has a name which is identical to its/a synonym, for that is what you'll get. The same problem occured with the plecos that had to go back to Pterygoplichthys.
If I remember correctly you changed the official valid names first and after that I did the synonyms.

Marc,

That's what I've done, the official valid name is now, for example, Tachysurus fulvidraco and Pseudobagrus fulvidraco is now a junior synonym. Or have I misunderstood your question?

Jools

Jools wrote:That's what I've done, the official valid name is now, for example, Tachysurus fulvidraco and Pseudobagrus fulvidraco is now a junior synonym. Or have I misunderstood your question?

Well, perhaps I misunderstood the whole thing. The title of this post reads Tachysurus = (is) Pseudobagrus now, which made me believe all Tachysurus in the Cat-eLog had to become Pseudobagrus......
That, plus some of the information in HH's article, probably misguided me (?).

Nope it means all species listed as Pseudobagrus are now Tachysurus.

Jools

Okay, all clear.
I'll see to it that the synonyms will be added in the course of this week.

Marc van Arc wrote:I'll see to it that the synonyms will be added in the course of this week.

Make that evening. Done

I find it interesting, the whole bit about the painting. Amazing.
Amanda

In case you are not aware, there has been an application to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to reinstate Pseudobagrus as the valid name for this genus, and we have commented on the application here.

Let's see how this plays out.

Cat Fish ok you guys are blowing me up with your vocabulary .Untill a few weeks ago they were just pan fried or grilled.
I caught my hoplos in a muddy ditch in the woods , there were piles of them. this is a whole new world.
thanks CR

The commission has ruled against the application.

The genus name remains Tachysurus.

Silurus wrote:The commission has ruled against the application.

The genus name remains Tachysurus.

Good. And that, as they say, is that.

Jools

Moved to resolved.